have u adoped a child?

Question

In LA, CA thining of adopting a child , do u know a good organization or adoption agency that works quikly and is reasonable or no charge. how long is the process? do u have to have certain income or asset? do u have to be certain age? do u have to be married? what should ur income be? plz be serious> no BS plzzzzz

Answer 1

Every agency is different. Start with your county. Fees will vary depending on the agency and the child's needs. Subsidies are available in some cases for older children (over 10) and children with disabilities. Domestic adoptions are less expensive than foreign ones. Our 2 girls cost us about $ 6000.00 over a period of 2 1/2 years (including legal, social workers, and agency fees). Most adoptions range between $ 5-10,000.00 per child or sibling group (with exceptions noted above). It is more challenging to adopt if you are single. Your age can generally not be more than 40 years older than the child you are adopting. Your income must be enough to handle all of your living expenses and the child's without outside aid (again see exceptions above) for a normal, healthy child. It is easier to adopt children of your own race or mixed races.

The process is:
Filing out a basic application with the agency
Filing out a criminal background check with the FBI and state and local agencies (fingerprint and 10 yr background check). If you are a felon you will be turned down.
Going through a home inspection.
Going through an extensive background check of your finances, emotional and psychological profiles and personal references.
Paying the agency fees and hiring an attorney to help with the legal adoptive paperwork required by your state.
Giving the agency your wishes regarding the child you would like to adopt (boy, girl, age, health, acceptable races/mixed races, disabilities, sibling groups, etc.)
After prelimary approval, you wait, and wait.
When a child has been chosen for you and you approve the child placement is set up.
More social worker visits to see how the child is adapting.
More background checks with references (possibly).
Court appearance for legal approval.
Final approval for adoption after all final fees have been paid (legal, court, agency, etc.).
It is NOT an easy process, but we would do it all over again.

Answer 2

Hi, not to put fear in your heart but I considered, took classes and watched my Pastors do it. I quickly changed my mind. You best know that childs whole history and if it is too late to help them the background of the parents and the environment that the parent was in before it came up for adoption. You think that you can love the Hell right out of them but something goes wrong when they come to the conclusion that a parent didn't want them and wonder why. Here comes trouble. You can be single. You must have a job. There is a limit with age but much older around 65. There is no fee but you have to take classes and also some screenings. The process is about a 12 week class. I don't think you need a lot of income about $10-12,000 a year. The biggest turn off for me was that you really have no control anymore. If they want to masturbate you have to let them and give them designated spots to do so. If they cause trouble and have to be sent off you will have to pay child support even if the kid is sent away until 18. You know longer will receive the check anymore but you are still responsible for paying support. The system always has a way to get theres back...pray about it first please what ever you do give it lots of research and prayer...know that you know that you know

Answer 3

Adopting a domestic or foriegn infant is the most expensive route to go, usually many thousands of dollars. Many foriegn countries have additional requirements including travel to pick up the child in person, etc.

Adopting a child from foster care is very reasonable, but you would have to contact a local agency to find out the cost. Where I live, it is below $200.

You do not have to be married, you do have to be over 18, and you should have an income that is sufficient to support you and a child.

The process takes several months to several years.

You should contact a local social service agency that does adoptions and have them send you an info packet.

Good luck!

Answer 4

My sister in law adopted a brother and sister. They are beautiful children and very sweet. They were almost one and almost two when she adopted them.

May I suggest calling your local CPS office and see what it would take to take classes to adopt children who had been abandoned, abused or neglected. There is a process to go through but they can explain all of that to you. My sister in law and her husband did this and this is how they received their two children, it took a year to get the children fully adopted, but they are fully adopted children.

This was a quick route and the government paid them to help raise the children. The childrens mother was on drugs through both pregnancies, but oddly enough they seem to be perfectly normal and are thriving, that is not always the case so you will want to know the background, and know that it is not likely you will get a knew born.

Another friend of mine adopted two babies out of state and they were both knew borns, you can call the local adoption agencies and find out how it all works. What I understand is that you go through a process of parenting classes and then you set up your home for a child, you write out a booklet describing you and your family and when the mothers come in pregnant or needing to someone to take their children they cannot provide for they look at the availble books and choose the family they want. This can be tedious, it took my friend two years to be chosen, but she always had to have the nursery ready in case she was chosen. this too was placed in the book. It paid off, she got two children like this. They are half brothers but born different years. One seems to be fine and thriving the other seems to have problems and they are not sure the History on the secound child as for as drugs and what have you.

There is always chances that you take when adopting whether it is from an agency that specializes in New Borns or it is some place like through child protective services.

I commend you in your efforts to adopt a child, there are so many children out there needing a home.